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About me - Kate Cutlass

Kate is a pop culture gadfly, a spiritual dilettante, a graduate student in Public History, a mama, and a home party sales chick. Somehow she still manages to spend way too much time on the Internet.

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: True karaoke stories
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There was a time when a little group called Two Nicks, a Bill and a Bob ruled the blossoming karaoke scene in Las Cruces, New Mexico.In 1993 there was only one bar in town with a karaoke night, and there were only about ten or fifteen people who would regularly attend. Karaoke was new and weird, and those who participated in ... More..

Education > College Courses & Majors What to consider when choosing a major
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As a woman who changed her major six times in her seven years as an undergraduate, I feel I am imminently qualified to advise on choosing a major.I had already majored in theater, English, journalism, paralegal studies and photography when my mother announced that I needed to just "pick a major and graduate, dammit." It was c... More..

Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes The legacy of folk music
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Can something that has always been and always will be have a "legacy"? To me, the word "legacy" means something left behind by something that is gone. I do not believe that folk music, in its purest sense, is gone or ever will be. As long as people sing, there will be folk music.For the moment, let's set aside discussions of ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Children's Literature The most famous children's rhyme
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Let me suggest - and I mean this sincerely - that the most popular and well-known children's rhyme is:Nyanny-nyanny-boo-boo...(insert your rude variation here.)My father and I were discussing this just the other day, after my 3 year-old son broke into a rousing chorus, apropos of nothing.Every child in America picks up the Ny... More..

Entertainment > Movie Genres The worst movies ever
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I love B horror movies. The worst of all possible films dwell among them, yet I can't help but find them inspiring. Why? Because more sweat, tears and (fake) blood go into producing one of these movies than goes into ten glossy, well-funded Hollywood pictures. Don't believe me? Go rent "American Movie."The worst of the worst ... More..

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